Improvement in clothes-driers



HORACE SWAN, OSF WOODSTOOK, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 111,011, dated January 17, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and malnng part of thesame.

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, HORACE SWAN, ot Woodstock,in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new andimproved Portable Olo'thes-Drier; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being `hadto the.

and the lower sockets j' j, which sockets are held in their respectiveplaces by means of suitable woodscrews.

A light frame, composed of the pair of side-slats b b and the series ofconnecting-rods t' t' t t', is hinged to the upper portion of theuprights c a by means of the extension ot' the ends of its frame-rod fi'into apertures in thc said uprights; a-nd a similar frame, composed ofthe side slats c c and the series of connecting-rodsjjj, is hinged tothe lower portions of the nprights a c by means of the extension of theends of its frame-rod j into apertures in the said uprights, all asrepresented in the. accompanying drawing. p

lt will, therefore, he perceived that the aforesaid frames, l) b t'-i'fi' and c c j j j', can be readily tlnown into lhe positionsrepresented in 2, 3, and 4 of the accompanying drawing.

When placed in the positions shown by figs. 2 and 4 the said frames willhe self-supporting, and when placed in the position shown byifig. 3 theywill be held in said position by the hooks it h., as-representedin saiddrawing. l

When sheetskor other articles of bed-covering, are to be dried upon mysaid improvedclothcs-drier, the

respective drying-frames b l) t t t and c cjy'j should be arranged inthe position shown by iig. 2; and when a large number of ordinary-sizedclothing are to he dried upon said drier, the respective adj ustubledrying-frames thereof should be put Vinto the positions represented byfigs. 3 and d.

The apertures in the nprights c a., which receive thcextended end s ofthe joint-rods t" ofthe frame b b t' i fi', are so located that, whenthe said frame is folded inward, it fits closely against the outersurface ot the uprights (l d, and the apertures in the nprights c a,whichreceive the extended ends of the joint-rod j', of the drying-framec cjjj, are solocated as to enable said frame to be folded inwardcompactly over and upon the drying-frame b b'i 'i t', all as representedin iig. 1 ofthe drawing.

rlhc hooks h h. may be so shaped and located that they will serve thepurpose of holding the respective drying-frames in thc position shown inlig. 3, and also of holding said frames in the compactly-t'oldedposition shown byfig. 1.

My improved portable clothes-drier may be hung l upon suitable supportsto one of the walls of a kitche'n,.or may be suspended to hooksdescending from' the ceiling,'as may best snit the views or theconvenience of the user. l

Having thus fully described my' improved clothesdrier and the variousmethods of using the same,

What lL claim therein as new, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent,is i The combination of the two lightadjustable frames, which arecomposed of side slats l) b and c c, and connecting-rods ttt' t" and j ji j', substantially as described, with each other and with the nprights.a a,

4 substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that the foregoing is a-full and clear specification of myimproved clothes-drier I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day ofDecember-,1870.

. HORACE SWAN.

Witnesses:

NATHAN T. CHURCHILL, E. I. ABBOTT.

